Angolan cuisine

Angolan cuisine, one of the most interesting things to know about Angola, is flavorful and aromatic in general. Fish, chicken, cassava, beans, okra, and other vegetables are among the most common ingredients. Angolan cuisine is both nourishing and appetizing, to say the least. Angolan cuisine has a strong Portuguese influence, especially in spicy seafood, which combines local cassava with non-native ingredients like onion and garlic. Fish or meat stewed in a rich sauce with vegetables such as okra and served with rice or fungus are the most common dishes (an Angola staple that draws comparisons to polenta). Dishes consist solely of vegetables and sauce at their most basic level.

The seafood is particularly good due to the long Atlantic coastline. Local fishermen will frequently have caught fish or shellfish on the same day, such as shrimp and lobster. One disadvantage of Angolan cuisine is the scarcity of restaurants, particularly outside of Luanda, despite the fact that new restaurants and cafes are springing up all the time.